N.H. Department of Corrections

K-9 Units Sniff Out Drugs in New Hampshire Prisons

By • Jul 15, 2018
File photo / Flickr CC Andre Gustavo-Stumpf

 

New Hampshire's Department of Corrections praised its K-9 unit for seizing drugs in prisons and at the homes of parolees.

According to statistics released Friday, the K-9 unit handled 93 calls since January and seized a range of drugs including suboxone hidden in mouths and clothes and synthetic marijuana. Suboxone is intended to treat heroin addiction, but some abuse the drug to get high.

The team also confiscated phones, a homemade machete, a homemade knife, and a tattoo motor.

N.H. Bill Seeks To Classify Sex Between Prisoners, Officers As Assault

By • Feb 10, 2018
Emily Corwin, NHPR

A group of lawmakers from both parties are trying to fix a loophole in New Hampshire’s sexual assault law that allowed a former law enforcement official to evade charges that he raped an inmate who he was driving across the state last year.

N.H. Corrections Chief Focused on Staffing, a New Women's Prison, Inmate Services

By • Jan 4, 2018
NHPR File Photo

  Helen Hanks began her first four-year term as commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections in November. She'd served as assistant commissioner previously and she comes into this new role at a time when the department is struggling to retain staff. It's a problem that some say is exacerbated by comparatively low pay for corrections officers. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED on NHPR. I'm Peter Biello. Commissioner Hanks joins me now to talk about the state of the department.

 

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